A British Army veteran has been left stuck with a £20,000 NHS bill for the rest of his life after he had a heart attack in Africa.
Steve Foreman, 73, was living and working on an oil rig in Ogaden, Ethiopia when he collapsed and had to be airlifted to the nearest hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.
Aged 62 at the time, the former soldier slipped into a coma for 13 days and was put on a kidney dialysis machine, given a tracheotomy and had a blood transfusion as he suffered total organ failure and several infections.
After three months of critical care in Nairobi, he was finally flown back to the UK and transferred to Worksop Hospital in Yorkshire.
His brother, Grant - whom he says asked the NHS to confirm he was eligible for free treatment - was tasked with caring for him.
